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Snorkelling and scuba diving are popular, as is sailing around its beautiful shores and circling the island on your bike, a round-trip of 24km all told. The best time to go is shoulder season: no flies, and no high school graduates on Schoolies’ Week.

Did you know?
Rottnest is one of only three places where quokkas are found (two colonies in southwest WA). The quokkas gave the island its name, with Dutch explorer Willem de Vlamingh mistaking the place for a “nest of rats” in 1696. “

How to get there
Qantas and Virgin Blue have regular flights to Perth from most major cities in Australia.

Rottnest Air-Taxi offers transfers between Rottnest Island and Perth City (Jandakot Airport). Prices are set per aircraft so the cost per person will vary depending on how many people are travelling.